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Food insecurity in Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago using the food insecurity experience scale.
Saint Ville, Arlette; Francis-Granderson, Isabella; Bhagwandeen, Brendon; Mohammed, Mizaaj.
Afiliação
  • Saint Ville A; Department of Geography, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Francis-Granderson I; Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Bhagwandeen B; Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Mohammed M; Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Front Public Health ; 10: 925813, 2022.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36249212
Economic, political, humanitarian and health crises in Venezuela have resulted in mass out migration -thousands of Venezuelans emigrated to Trinidad and Tobago. However, little is known about their food security status in the host country. This study assessed the food security status among Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers in Trinidad and Tobago and tested the validity of the online application of the food insecurity experience scale (FIES), a tool to measure food insecurity, in a small group. This convenience, cross-sectional study applied an online questionnaire to 433 Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago in 2020. Snowball sampling was used to connect to migrants based on their access to locally-based NGO service providers, and organizations directly connected to the Venezuelan migrant community. Researchers applied the 12-month reference period to the FIES to measure food insecurity at the individual level. Descriptive analyses, Rasch modeling and binary logistic regression were conducted. Overall, 61.9% of respondents displayed behaviors characterized as severely food insecure. Significant differences in food security status were observed when categories of employment status (p = 0.032) and paying rent (p = 0.005) were considered. There were greater proportions of unemployed individuals who were severely food insecure (67.6%) compared to those who were employed (56.7%). There were greater proportions of individuals paying rent who were severely food insecure (62.6%) compared to those who were not paying rent (50.0%). Logistic regression with adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals revealed that food insecurity was less likely among migrants who were employed (OR 0.112, 95% CI 0.016-0.763) relative to those who were not employed, while food insecurity was more likely among migrants who were paying rent (OR 7.325, 95% CI 1.965-27.312) relative to those not paying rent. The FIES was consistent in assessing food security status. These findings provide a rapid assessment that can be used to galvanize international, national and community-level stakeholders to devise and target responses to assist migrants experiencing food insecurity.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Migrantes / Abastecimento de Alimentos Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Equity_inequality Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago / Venezuela Idioma: En Revista: Front Public Health Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Trinidad e Tobago País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Migrantes / Abastecimento de Alimentos Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Equity_inequality Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago / Venezuela Idioma: En Revista: Front Public Health Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Trinidad e Tobago País de publicação: Suíça